Global M&A Deal Flow. Two Days. One Event.
For more than 60 years, ACG has been the middle market’s primary source for networking and deal flow, bringing together M&A professionals from across the globe and all industry segments to offer attendees three key benefits: capital, connections and deals. Join nearly 200 dealmakers in Amsterdam for two days of deal flow opportunities, powerful speakers and commentary from leading M&A experts.

According to PitchBook, EuroGrowth is an impressive gathering:

EuroGrowth Attendees Deployed Nearly $2 Billion in 2014

EuroGrowth Attendees Are Sitting on Approximately $11.89 Billion in Investable Capital

The July/August issue is now available!Connect to the latest trends shaping the middle market with ACG’s official publication, Middle Market Growth. The magazine is part of a suite of digital publications that will provide readers with an interactive platform to access the latest original content from industry leaders and insights from all segments of ACG's global membership and M&A ecosystem. Also included are exclusive interviews, powerful growth stories and updates on events happening all over the world.

GrowthEconomy.org is a dynamic research database that matches data from two independent sources to track a key driver of the U.S. economy—how private equity-backed middle-market companies compare to other U.S. businesses on jobs and sales growth. This powerful research tool is made possible through a collaboration between ACG, PitchBook Data, Inc., and the Business Development Research Consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

At GrowthEconomy.org you can see data at the national, state and metropolitan statistical area levels, as well as by congressional districts. GrowthEconomy.org sheds light on how much private equity and the middle market are positively affecting regional economies.

Visit GrowthEconomy.org today to find out the difference middle-market private equity is making in your area. With just a few clicks, you'll see why the middle market accounts for a third of private sector GDP and jobs, and, most importantly, how private capital helps this vital segment of the economy continue to thrive year after year.

ACG, the global organization focused on driving middle-market growth, further solidified its position as the leading source for networking and dealmaking with its 44th annual InterGrowth conference in Orlando at the Waldorf Astoria and Hilton Bonnet Creek Hotels. More then $82 billion in investable capital was represented at the event, making InterGrowth the leading venue for middle-market dealmaking.

"InterGrowth is always a who’s who of global middle-market M&A," said ACG InterGrowth 2015 Chairman W. Braun Jones III, managing director, Stonehaven Capital. "What’s more, this year’s attendees represent 24% of the total private equity deals closed in the U.S., deploying over $18 billion in the first quarter of 2015 alone."

Tax reform, aging U.S. infrastructure and the polarized political landscape were among many topics explored on Tuesday at the ACG Middle-Market Public Policy Summit. Part of ACG Leadership Week, the Washington, D.C., event drew more than 100 attendees eager for updates on how legislation affecting the middle market is shaping up in the nation's capital.

ACG has released its 2015 Middle-Market Public Policy Agenda, a statement of the organization’s official position on relevant policy topics directly affecting its members. ACG members include professionals from private equity firms, corporations and lenders that invest in middle-market companies, as well as from law, accounting, investment banking and other firms that provide advisory services.

With input from ACG’s Public Policy Committee and the Global Board of Directors, this year’s agenda will focus on issues such as tax policy, capital formation and the creation of a Middle Market Congressional Caucus.
To download a full copy of the
agenda, click here.To learn more about ACG’s public policy efforts, please visit www.middlemarketvoice.org or email alandis@acg.org.

ACG Middle-Market Insights webinars feature expert analysis, best practices and discussionson current issues and topics that matter most to the ACG community. When your organization hosts a webinar, your thought leaders will reach more than 30,000 middle-market professionals in ACG’s global network in real time using a rich multimedia format. Plus, each webinar is recorded and archived in ACG’s content library for members to view at any time.

Attending an ACG event and want to learn more about a connection your made? Busy traveling, but want to register fro an ACG chapter event across town or across the globe? The ACG membership mobile app is ideal to help make networking and deal flow easier on the go. With the new ACG membership app, members enjoy fast, convenient access to the ACG member directory and ACG calendar of events – all with general and advanced search functionality.

It’s an essential app for your smartphone or tablet and is available now for iPhone, iPad and Android platforms.

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